Created for the Kreative People Contest "Signs of the Zodiac"

This is a highly manipulated photo of a statue of a water carrier representing Aquarius.

A full view of the statue can be seen in a previous photo www.flickr.com/photos/lemonart/15211106491/

Thank you for your visit, comment or fave. All are much appreciated. Thank you also to all who invite my photos to their groups.

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Photos and textures used are my own.

Created for Macro Mondays theme Triangle. High light using sun light and additional led light.

kirstentacular.blogspot.com/2018/05/creating-moment.html

Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its "Artistic" Ai model.

Filters: PS Beta 2023, Topaz Sharpen Ai, Topaz Studio.

A tiny bit of hand painting.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

Created for the Vivid Imagination challenge ~ Vivid Lights ~

Best on black!

Created with Paul Grand Texture

Created with Dream Wombo and my photo as the input

Much thanks for taking your time to view, fave and comment!

created in DDG, Text2

Created for Ruby’s Treasure Challenge 49

Bottle with thanks to Rubyblossom

(My texture)

Created for TMI

Those Amazing Animals ... focus on Polyptychs

www.flickr.com/groups/impressionists/discuss/721577117720...

Wolves from Pixabay and PXHere

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Photo shop and Nature ARTISTS:

Multi Group Contest/ Gallery Directory

New contests on the 1st and 15th

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Created with 2 Wombo rendering

The birds are brushes from Brusheezy

Prompts: Meadow with snow and frost, wildflowers, rocky icy creek, misty sunlight over distant mountains, ultra realistic details

Style: The City

I made several images with these prompts and they all turned out lovely.

Thank you all for stopping by to check this out!

Created for Angie's Animal Antics Challenge No 14 Sun or Rain

many thanks to:

kasirun-hasibuan.deviantart.com/art/Giraffe-png-560295284

roieg.deviantart.com/art/Electric-Sky-24811604

koolkidd77.deviantart.com/art/Rain-Brushes-21298619

Created for the Award Tree Contest "Signalling Spring"

"The Rite of Spring" is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1913).

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

All photos and textures used are my own.

All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way.

Created for the Kreative People Treat This #9: www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157637164685266/

Source Image by John Fox: www.flickr.com/photos/37700054@N08/10595776346/

Texture by Anna Lenabem: www.flickr.com/photos/42396059@N07/8241023720/in/photolis...

Created for Art Week Gallery Group Theme: TRINKETS

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

digital art 2016

Created for The AWARDTREE'S - ~ Back From the Future ~ challenge

Gurdjieff - De Hartmann Vol 01

~Voyage vers des lieux inaccessibles,~

Alain Kremski (Journey to Inaccessible Places)

"Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!" — Lord Byron

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upward, and leads us from this world to another" — Plato

"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole"— William S. Burroughs

"I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets."— John Glenn, Astronaut

“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

(Thank you for your wonderfull comments,

awards,invites and faves...

all are very much appreciated....!)

(large is cool)

created by dji camera

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∎ Created Stable Diffusion , further edited with Topaz Photo AI

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Created for Marcus Ranum December Challenge

Model with thanks to Marcus Ranum

Created with Dream by Wombo, texture added with Distressed FX plus and iColorama.

Prompts: Elf house in spooky woods, misty moonlight

Style: The City

Not many days left before Halloween so I need to post these spooky places while I can. And I still haven't touched the trick-or-treat bags of candy. That has never happened before!

Enjoy the walk in the woods but look out for the creepy crawlies.

Created for Art Museion Contest 13 - Mystic Faces: www.flickr.com/groups/artmuseion/discuss/72157649274042609/

Created for TMI February contest: Bleak is Beautiful

www.flickr.com/groups/impressionists/discuss/721576781380...

This is another work done in collaboration with Marta Bader. Thank you, Marta, for helping me make an abstract through your reality, I hope that you approve.

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Created for Sliders Sunday with the help of Deep Dream Generator and Snapseed. HSS everyone!

Created for

Art Week Gallery Group Theme:

Umbrellas

Created for The Hypothetical Awards December Challenge - Winter Abstracts: www.flickr.com/groups/1179479@N25/discuss/72157649460653366/

Friends, I'm still wiped out by the loss of dear Etva. Thought I would spend more time with a normal routine today but I'm tired. Please know that I'm not neglecting you all. Just looking for a new normal at the moment.

I created a photo illustration from some photos I took on our recent Alaska trip. I really wanted to see the Bald Eagle in the sky over this scene and the whale in such a gorgeous background, but it didn't happen until I combined the parts together on my computer after I got home.

Created with Dream Wombo and a texture as the input.

Created for Kreative people: April 2023 Contest: Reflections. Created for ~ The Award Tree ~ Challenge 223.0 Red Yellow Blue

Created for Down Under Contest June 2023

www.flickr.com/groups/14835537@N22/discuss/72157721918718...

Many thanks to Paul for sharing memories and the source below:

www.flickr.com/photos/paulcowie/4626208299/in/datetaken/

I created the car in DDG Text 2 Dream with this prompt:

A beautiful Steampunk 1950's aquamarine Buick...

Yellow brick road: pngwing.com.

All other processing was done in Photoshop Beta 2023.

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

Created for Kreative People - Triptychs in Hot Tropical Colors:

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157721919065848/

This is three unique DDG Text 2 Dream works blended together in Photoshop Beta 2023, re-shaped and re-colored.

The first texture is a photo of mine of fuchsia ice-plant flowers.

The second is an oil paint texture in PS at 30%. All processing was done in PS. Some hand painting.

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Created for the Dark Side of the Light "Special Halloween Challenge" and for the Vivid Group "Vivid Tricks challenge"

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way.

Photos and textures used are my own.

Created for the TMI challenge "In the Style of ... the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL"

I shot the landscape in northern California and the sky in southern California (we do get an occasional stormy day).

Created for the 31th Weekly Contest on Man Ray!

Created with Midjourney, and processed with Photoshop, and Topaz. All rights reserved.

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∎ Created with Midjourney, further edited with Topaz Photo AI

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∎ Psychological resilience

created by KHWD

inspired by my image WITW 754

flic.kr/p/2prPTgv

see more in my doubles album, the same images in both COLOUR & B&W / Monochrome /maybe AI

www.flickr.com/photos/keefhwebdesigns/albums/721777203247...

The Erewash Canal at Sandiacre—where industrial heritage meets tranquil waters. Barges here have quite the story to tell.

🚢 Historical Role of Barges at Sandiacre

- Coal Transport: Originally, barges were vital for moving coal from Derbyshire’s pits to the River Trent for onward trade to Nottingham and Leicester.

- Industrial Goods: They also carried pottery, textiles, iron, and even bombshells during WWII from Stanton Ironworks.

- Commercial Decline: With the rise of railways in the 19th century, barge traffic dwindled. By 1952, the last commercial narrowboat operation ended.

🏡 Sandiacre’s Canal Scene Today

- Sandiacre Lock Cottages: These restored lock keeper’s cottages and stables are a charming nod to the canal’s working past.

- Padmore Moorings: A popular spot for pleasure craft and narrowboats, offering moorings and access to local amenities.

- Preservation Efforts: The Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association (ECP&DA) was formed in 1968 to save the canal from closure. Their work led to its upgrade to ‘cruiseway’ status in the 1980s.

🌿 Leisure and Wildlife

- Boating: While commercial barges are long gone, leisure boating thrives. The canal is quieter than others, making it ideal for peaceful cruising.

- Fishing & Nature: Anglers enjoy catching roach, bream, chub, and perch. The surrounding area is rich in wildlife, with kingfishers, herons, and even water voles spotted nearby.

📏 Barge Dimensions

- Max Length: 80 ft 4 in

- Max Width: 13 ft 5 in

- Draught: 4 ft

- Headroom: 7 ft 4 in

These specs allow for broad-beam barges, though most modern traffic is narrowboats.

Created for the Challenge 33.0 - The 3rd Annual "Vivid Collaboration Challenge"! in Vivid Imagination

Created for the Kreative People Contest "Signs of the Zodiac"

Scorpio

Thank you for your visit, comment or fave. All are much appreciated. Thank you also to all who invite my photos to their groups.

All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way.

Photos and textures used are my own.

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

140th MMM FLOWER Challenge

~ Gratitude Challenge! ~ The Award Tree ~

Thank you to MAMJODH for beautiful starter image.

Created with an 885nm IR filter.

Created in Automat1111 - A Stable Diffusion Toolkit, processed with Topaz Photo AI,Photoshop and Lightroom.

Created for Treat This #12 in the Kreative People group:

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157637891385143/

Thanks to skagitenee for the source images which you can see in the first comment box below or here:

www.flickr.com/photos/skagitrenee/10970133983/

and

www.flickr.com/photos/skagitrenee/10969974806/

created for the (inspired by Eduardo Recife) Digitalmania challenge

www.flickr.com/groups/digitalmania/

Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

158th MMM HALLOWEEN Challenge

created by dji camera

Created for

Kreative People group "SMILES Treat This " challenge #245

Thanks to SolanoSnapper for these source:

www.flickr.com/photos/solanosnapper/49779712842/

www.flickr.com/photos/solanosnapper/49779712442/

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Created with Midjourney, processed with Photoshop, and Topaz. All rights reserved.

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∎ Created with Stable Diffusion, further edited with Topaz Photo AI 2.4.2

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When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about!

Rumi

Created for Vivid Imagination's Extreme Color Creations challenge.

Kingfisher photo by Challiyan via Wikimedia Commons. All else is mine.